I know, I know, I know…
I know you’ve heard the following statements – “think big” or “dream big” or “go big or go home” about a million times , but if you did just that, you’d be making a big mistake.
You need to also “start small”. And I mean small; as in mustard seed small. Small as in about 1-2 millimeters in diameter small. A mustard seed is so small it is dwarfed by a single grain of rice…and a grain of rice is tiny! You should think that small.
Starting small keeps it simple. Keeping it simple makes it easy. Making it easy helps you accomplish it. And isn’t that the goal of the exercise?
How many times have you had “great plans to achieve great things” only to not get started because the task seemed too big or seemed full of obstacles you felt were too large or numerous to overcome; whether or not the task was indeed too big or the obstacles real or imagined?
Face it. You’re guilty. You’re guilty of thinking big and starting big. We all do it.
The mustard tree is proof positive “something big” can arise from “something small”. Mustard trees reach an average mature height of between 6 and 20 feet with up to a 20-foot spread. Given the right conditions, a plant can grow up to 30 feet tall.
How amazing is that? And all from the teeniest of a start.
Someone once asked me, “How do you eat an elephant?”
“Wow, eating an elephant is quite the herculean task,” I replied. “I have no idea. Just how do you eat an elephant?”
“One bite at a time, Dan, one bite at a time.”
You can…
“Think big”
“Dream big”
Or even…
“Go big or go home”
But how and if you start determines your success.
Why not simply…
…start small?
Dan’s View 
Yes sir!
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